I work at a university in Northern California that’s home to many a great mind and one great what-if: Had Leland Stanford Jr. not died tragically in 1884, two months before his 16th birthday, do his parents build a university in his honor?

No wonder many Americans question the value of sending their kids to universities for four years. Oh wait, I better not say “Americans” since, at least at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), that is now a “problematic” word.

The corrosive effects of “political correctness” in modern American society are unlikely to divide “traditionalists” from “accommodationists” among the ranks, but they are all but certain to widen the gap between soldiers and statesmen.

Vladimir Putin is minimizing his losses. Yesterday, Russia vetoed the UN resolution (proposed by the four countries that suffered the greatest loss of human life) to form a Criminal Tribunal to punish those directly and indirectly responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.

The volatility in the Shanghai stock “market”—let’s not forget, they’re still Commies!—kind of complicates the narrative of China’s “rise.” A one-month wipeout of more than $3 trillion in market capitalization, even on the heels of a prior race to all-time highs, is an attention-getter, for sure.

The results are in. Lawfare's “Name that Database” contest is now closed. All we can say is that Lawfare readers are a remarkably creative—and scary—bunch of folks. Some of these ideas are really quite spectacular.

The Obama administration has all the whimsy of “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” but none of the movie’s humor or intelligence. In the movie, to pass a history class, teen-age “time-travelers” meet and learn from historic figures.

If a nation sends all its children to school, can it count on greater economic growth? Does putting bottoms in seats generate human capital? This week, Russ welcomed back the Hoover Institution's Eric Hanushek.

Well, looks like the terrorists finally have won. The satirical French paper Charlie Hebdo announced it would no longer draw pictures of Muhammad, just six months after Islamic terrorists stormed their Paris offices and massacred the staff.

The Obama administration has all the whimsy of “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” but none of the movie’s humor or intelligence. In the movie, to pass a history class, teen-age “time-travelers” meet and learn from historic figures.

The results are in. Lawfare's “Name that Database” contest is now closed. All we can say is that Lawfare readers are a remarkably creative—and scary—bunch of folks. Some of these ideas are really quite spectacular.

The volatility in the Shanghai stock “market”—let’s not forget, they’re still Commies!—kind of complicates the narrative of China’s “rise.” A one-month wipeout of more than $3 trillion in market capitalization, even on the heels of a prior race to all-time highs, is an attention-getter, for sure.

I work at a university in Northern California that’s home to many a great mind and one great what-if: Had Leland Stanford Jr. not died tragically in 1884, two months before his 16th birthday, do his parents build a university in his honor?

No wonder many Americans question the value of sending their kids to universities for four years. Oh wait, I better not say “Americans” since, at least at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), that is now a “problematic” word.

Vladimir Putin is minimizing his losses. Yesterday, Russia vetoed the UN resolution (proposed by the four countries that suffered the greatest loss of human life) to form a Criminal Tribunal to punish those directly and indirectly responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.

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